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7 puppies were just rescued off an uninhabited island in Manitoba Canada this week. It’s a mystery how they ended up there, but the noises from the 4-month-old pups caused a boater to investigate. Norway House Animal Rescue plans to name the 4 boys and 3 girls after the castaways on Gilligan’s Island!
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When you get a pizza delivered, some restaurants use a pizza saver to keep cheese off the lid. It looks like a little white plastic table. Now some Boston Pizzas, a restaurant in Canada, have been adding 3-D printed chairs! The Pizza Patio set is perfect for eating pizza with your pet mice!
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Walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, peanuts. Eat them all on Grab Some Nuts Day! Don’t worry about dropping shells on the floor! Then grab a giant slice of juicy watermelon and eat it. It’s National Watermelon Day! Now that your floors are a mess, you can celebrate Clean Your Floors Day properly!
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The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in New York, announced its newest additions. They have twin baby red pandas! 2 male cubs, Loofah and Doofah, were born June 21st. They are being bottle-fed, because the mother was having trouble taking care of them. Red pandas are endangered, and live in China and the Himalayas.
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Clark Kent Apuda doesn’t just share Superman’s name. The 10 year-old boy is also a super-swimmer! He just beat one of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’s records! Clark swam the 100-meter butterfly a full second faster than the previous record, set in 1995. Clark has been swimming competitively for only 3 years. He’s just getting started!
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A surprising study shows that when you schedule fun things, they are less fun. One scenario told students to take a cookie break. The students who had to go at a specific time, reported less enjoyment than those who could go during a two-hour period. Try rough scheduling, like meeting Saturday afternoon instead of 2:30.
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Now that July is over, it’s been officially declared the hottest month in history, in the hottest place on Earth. Death Valley California, had 21 days in July where the temperature was at least 120 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 49 degrees Celsius. Last week, temperatures reached 127 degrees! The weather station is at Furnace Creek, 190 feet below sea level.
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What’s your favorite dinosaur? Learn all about it today, because it’s Dinosaur Day! It’s Coloring Book Day too, so maybe you can color a nice stegosaurus or T-rex! National Ice Cream Sandwich Day is also taking place. Do you want your ice cream on wheat or white bread? Just kidding! Use cookies!
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Have you walked your dog today? Even if you have a backyard for your dog to explore, they’ll get excited about taking a walk. They need the exercise, plus it lets them socialize with other dogs and people, or at least get a whiff of their smells! 2 walks a day make a healthy, happy pooch!
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Cube. Sphere. Cylinder. Scutoid? The scutoid is a three-dimensional shape that’s sort of like a column, with half of one end chopped off at an angle. Scientists observed the odd shape in a computer model, then found the shape wherever developing cells have to connect on a curve. Your body is full of scutoids!
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